Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." St. Thomas Aquinas said: "The things we love tell us who we are!" With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!
Below are two albums of pictures that I created:
1. Our grand daughter Adrianna.
2. Tears of Mary!

MARY, OUR MOTHER

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

From EWTN: Fatima, Our Hope

“Fatima, Our Hope,” a fabulous
documentary filmed in Portugal, is a must-see for anyone who seeks to
understand the significance of what some believe is the most important
Marian apparition of our time – Fatima! (This one-hour documentary airs
2 p.m. ET, Thursday, May 16 and 5 a.m. ET, Saturday, May 18 –
exclusively on EWTN.)

Many Catholics know the story of the three shepherd children to whom
Our Lady appeared in a series of apparitions beginning on May 13, 1917
and which continued on the same date for six months thereafter. Many
even know about the Miracle of the Sun, which occurred after the last
apparition so that everyone would believe the apparitions were
authentic. Local newspapers reported that after a torrential rainstorm,
the sky became blue, and people could look directly into the sun,
which began spinning and shooting off shafts of light. This happened
three times and then, after standing still for a moment, the sun
appeared to plunge towards the earth.

But few remember the warnings associated with the apparitions, warnings
that are very applicable today, or the state of Portugal before the
apparitions occurred, which is very similar to that of many nations
today.

Portugal, a formerly Catholic country, had gone down a dark path.
First, a new ruler attempted to establish the secularism of the
so-called “Enlightenment.” Then, on Oct. 4, 1919, a revolution broke
out and Free Masons took over. Their goal was to eradicate Catholicism
in two generations. Relations with the Vatican were broken off, almost
all Church property was confiscated, Catholic schools were outlawed,
and religious instruction was done away with.

As the documentary shows: “The degeneration of morals, economic ruin
and the disintegration of order went hand in hand. The nation, so
successful in its seafaring since the Middle Ages, was now steering
herself straight into moral and economic ruin. Cities threatened to
collapse into total atheism.”

But Our Lady would eventually turn the tide by appearing at Fatima.
Will she help us today? Will people remember to live the messages of
Fatima; will they offer up the suffering God allows in their lives in
reparation for sin and for the conversion of sinners; will they turn to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary and encourage others to do the same?

This film takes viewers through Our Lady’s requests during the
apparitions, examines the global spiritual response to the apparitions
(including the inspiring faith of the pilgrims who visit Fatima today),
and explains the significance of the visit to Fatima by the late Pope
John Paul II.

Gather your children and your neighbors. This special film will remind
you how special it is to be a Catholic. The account will inspire you to
evangelize everyone you know during this Year of Faith and beyond.
Pray, say the rosary, join EWTN in its First Saturday Devotions, which
were requested by the Blessed Mother at Fatima. Make reparation for
poor sinners. Encourage devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Repent and believe.

This documentary is a reminder that getting to heaven – and bringing as
many of our brothers and sisters with us as possible – is the only
goal that really matters.
ENCORE OF ‘CONCILIO VATICANO II’
If you missed the first airing of this special on the Second Vatican
Council, produced by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications,
tune in for the encore at 8 p.m. ET, Saturday, May 18 – exclusively on
EWTN!

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Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!Below is a slide show of pictures that I have collected: Tears of Mary!

Have a look!

Jeremiah 14:17; 15:18

"Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the Virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with an exceedingly grievous evil. / Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed?"

Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna

Where Peter is, there is the Church, where the Church is there is Eternal Life

About Me

I'm 80, formally married to Marianne for 52 years, [Marianne passed away to the Lord on August 9th, 2013 after suffering a stroke and two cardiac arrests.] We have 4 children (plus 2 in heaven-stillborn) and nine grandchildren plus 1 Step-grandchild. I'm a Korean War Vet, U.S. Navy; I was a Motorcycle News Courier for U.P.I., and WNEW Chanel 5 TV News, during 60's & 70's; a Lieutenant in the Wycoff Hospital Police in the 90's. I was ordained a Permanent Deacon for the Brooklyn Diocese on April 25, 1987 and served in four parishes before relocating to Florida in 2002. I'm still incardinated for Brooklyn Diocese. There was no parish in my town so we traveled to either Mt. Dora or Eustis for Mass. My oldest son and daughter, John and Anne, lived near us but the rest of the gang are up North in New York and Pennsylvania. We have now relocated to a northern state and my ministry is mostly on the Internet with some blogs and groups. I also assist the pastor at the local Catholic church. I owe my life and conversion/calling to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel de Garabandal, who has brought me to her Son Jesus. I am Their servant and slave! I only want to do the Will of God and glorify the Most Blessed Trinity with my life!

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PSALM 71 SPEAKS TO MY HEART

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;let me never be put to shame!In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;incline your ear to me, and save me!

Be to me a rock of refuge,to which I may continually come;you have given the command to save me,for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.For you, O Lord, are my hope,my trust, O Lord, from my youth.Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;you are he who took me from my mother's womb.My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,but you are my strong refuge.My mouth is filled with your praise,and with your glory all the day.Do not cast me off in the time of old age;forsake me not when my strength is spent.

For my enemies speak concerning me;those who watch for my life consult togetherand say, “God has forsaken him;pursue and seize him,for there is none to deliver him.”

O God, be not far from me;O my God, make haste to help me!May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;with scorn and disgrace may they be coveredwho seek my hurt.

But I will hope continuallyand will praise you yet more and more.My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,of your deeds of salvation all the day,for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me,and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,O God, do not forsake me,until I proclaim your might to another generation,your power to all those to come.Your righteousness, O God,reaches the high heavens.You who have done great things,O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamitieswill revive me again;from the depths of the earthyou will bring me up again.You will increase my greatnessand comfort me again.

I will also praise you with the harpfor your faithfulness, O my God;I will sing praises to you with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.My lips will shout for joy,when I sing praises to you;my soul also, which you have redeemed.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointedwho sought to do me hurt.

Welcome to my Marian Blog

As you can tell from my postings, I'm in love with Mother Mary, who has taken me under her mantle of protection, has taught and led me to Her Divine Son, Jesus; Who in turn has led me, in the Holy Spirit, to the Eternal Father! Two prayers that I say often tell who I am:Come O Holy Spirit; Come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved Spouse.

O Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee. My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.